Tip Archives:

• July - 2008 - New Proposed Changes Impact Medicare Policies & Payments for Hospital Outpatient Services (HOPPS) & Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) for CY 2009
• November - 2007 - New Medicare Final Rules Impact Reimbursement for CY 2008
• October - 2007 - Diagnostic Test “Ordering” Requirements
• September - 2007 - CMS Releases NPI Information
• July - 2007 - Two New Proposed Outpatient Rules Impact Reimbursement for CY 2008; Hospital OPPS & Physician Fee Schedule
• June - 2007 - Your Input and Comments Count
• June - 2007 - How YOU Can Proactively Influence the Future of Nuclear Medicine Payment Policy
• February - 2007 - 2007 PAYMENT RATE CONFUSION, CLARIFIED
• December - 2006 - ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding & Reporting Changes
• December - 2006 - Changes to Policies and Payment for Hospital Outpatient Perspective Payment System (HOPPS) Effective January 1, 2007
• October - 2006 - New/Revised and Deleted Nuclear Medicine CPT® Codes Effective January 1, 2007
• March - 2006 - National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR)
• January - 2006 - TOPIC: Are you using Modifier 59 Correctly?
  CMS may be Watching in 2006
• December - 2005 - TOPIC: Changes for Hospital CY 2006 Payment Policy for Radiopharmaceuticals
• November - 2005 - TOPIC: Medicare Publishes 2006 Updates - 2006 HCPCS Level II Codes
• October - 2005 - TOPIC: Medicare Part D - What Radiology, Nuclear Medicine or Cardiology Needs to Know?
• August - 2005 - Proposed Changes to Hospital Out Patient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) CY 2006 Rates
• July - 2005 - How YOU Can Influence Future Diagnosis Codes
• June - 2005 - How YOU Can Influence Future HCPCS Codes
• May - 2005 - ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding & Reporting Changes
• April - 2005 - Topic :Hospital OPPS Update from CMS Has Changes to Adenosine; Clarifies Low Osmolar Contrast Materials (LOCM)
• March - 2005 - Topic:CMS Activates CPT Codes, Discontinues G HCPCS Level II Codes for PET Procedures
• February - 2005 - Topic: Billing Drugs, Biologics, Radiopharmaceuticals and Brachytherapy without Specific HCPCS Level II Codes
• January - 2005 - Topic: Billing Radiopharmaceuticals In 2005

• 2004 Archive
• 2003 Archive